Listed Building record TQ 66 SW 91 - FAIRSEAT MANOR AND GARDEN WALL TO NORTH

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1720. Fairseat Manor c1700

Location

Grid reference TQ 6220 6143 (point)
Map sheet TQ66SW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish STANSTED, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TQ 66 SW 20 :
TQ 62206144 Fairseat Manor (NAT) (1) Fairseat Manor and garden wall to north elevation of circa 1700 to c17 rear block. Grade II (2) Fairseat manor built for John Cox, who died in 1736. The doorcase with its cornice curving up to a point in the middle is characteristically early Georgian, and so are narrow windows beside it. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 SW STANSTED VIGO ROAD 2/11 (south side) 1.8.52 Fairseat Manor and garden wall to north
II*
House. Elevation of circa 1700 to C17 re.ar block. Red brick with blue headers and red dressings and pilasters. Concealed slate roof. 2 storeys on brick plinth with platband and tall parapet with band. 2- 2- 2 bay facade, divided by 4 giant pilasters, each surmounted by a plaster wren above the cornice. Glazing bar sashes in flat-arch surrounds, the side dressings carried up as vertical bands of red headers. Small slit glazing bar sash windows either side of door and above on 1st floor. Central panelled door in flat doorcase of fluted Tuscan pilasters, the entablature with ogee ornament and dentilled cornice. C17 brick and tile-hung block to rear, gabled at each end. Interior. 2 c.1700 panelled rooms and panelled hall with 3-flight newel staircase behind on ground-floor. 1 panelled room on 1st floor. Bolection moulding fireplaces in all these rooms. Evidence of timber-framing in rooms on block behind, especially roof joists and wall-plates.
Listing NGR: TQ6220261440 (4)


<1> OS 1:2500 1976 (OS Card Reference). SKE48218.

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1984 16 (OS Card Reference). SKE40377.

<3> The Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 544 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50137.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1976.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1984 16.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: The Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 544 (J Newman).
  • <4>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #36130 Building, ]

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2021 1:23PM